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Friday, 19 October 2012

MCC All About Zentangle - Wk 3 More Colour

I was pondering over my unsuccessful hunt for a stamp with a large open flower image when I remembered my Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die. I found that the largest flower is the perfect size for a Zentangle tile so I've die-cut myself a cardboard template to draw round. It's proved perfect for the rest of my colouring exercises.

As I said (in my previous post) colour introduces a very different aspect into tangling & it's certainly one that I wish to explore further. I'm quite drawn to the idea of monochrome tiles like my final one where shading is carried out using a coloured pencil & a dry paper stump - in fact this is also my tile for the current Chocolate Baroque Zentangle Group'sMonotangle challenge.

Hi Paula, indeed a great and clever idea to use the die for this! Great coloured tangles, especially the first one with the bright and vibrant colours!When I see those tangles my fingers are itching but have to be patient, maybe with new coming stamps......warm greet Miranda

Amazing how each tile looks so different from the others, I would never have guessed that you used the same template. I ended up counting the petals just to make sure. My favourite is the Glue pen resist, which has the green/blue colours with the white gel pen for the tangles. The deep edges separate the tangles but also bring the whole thing together in the defined flower shape. The black card stock with Tripoli is also fascinating with the centre looking very dimensional while the 'yellow' dots jump out of the page. I have been away for the weekend again so no time to craft! Won't have time to do anything this week either. Oh well at least I can look at what everyone else has been up to.